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As a newish gardener I am asking , what exactly is meant by compost?
I used to think compost was that lovely stuff you made from your garden weeds and such like. And then there is leaf mould which is composted leaves.
Then there is that stuff I have spent lots of money on at the garden centres and B & Q to fill all my containers. Seed compost. Leavington compost. John Innes composts 1,2 and 3, ericaceous compost. Loam based compost. Soil-less compost.
And there is stuff called soil conditioner which looks to me like garden compost.
Some of these you use like fertiliser, some you put in your containers, some you mulch with, some you dig in.
It would be really helpful if some of the experts on this lovely forum would write a definitive chapter on 'Composts; their Varieties and Uses'. Perhaps they have and I haven't found it yet. Maybe Dr Hessayon should write a book 'The Compost Expert'.
I used to think compost was that lovely stuff you made from your garden weeds and such like. And then there is leaf mould which is composted leaves.
Then there is that stuff I have spent lots of money on at the garden centres and B & Q to fill all my containers. Seed compost. Leavington compost. John Innes composts 1,2 and 3, ericaceous compost. Loam based compost. Soil-less compost.
And there is stuff called soil conditioner which looks to me like garden compost.
Some of these you use like fertiliser, some you put in your containers, some you mulch with, some you dig in.
It would be really helpful if some of the experts on this lovely forum would write a definitive chapter on 'Composts; their Varieties and Uses'. Perhaps they have and I haven't found it yet. Maybe Dr Hessayon should write a book 'The Compost Expert'.
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